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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Blood Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 330 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.65613, -71.50109
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 186–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.65613, -71.50109

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blood-road-out-back-8-km-bd13

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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